Custom Fonts

Custom Colors & Backgrounds

The Colors & Backgrounds panel has intelligent color tools such as predefined palettes, color suggestions, a color picker, and a wide variety of background patterns. To learn more about how custom colors work, please read the Custom Colors help page.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I connect a Typekit.com account to my WordPress.com blog?

We no longer support connecting an outside Typekit.com account to a WordPress.com blog as of Nov 2013. We made this change so that we can focus on making one set of simple-to-use tools in Customize → Fonts, which includes a selection of Typekit fonts, instead of maintaining two sets of separate tools. Blogs that currently have a Typekit.com account connected using the Advanced Mode for fonts may continue using that connection, but new Customize users no longer have the option to connect an outside font account.

If I switch themes, will my fonts and CSS carry over to the new theme?

Fonts will carry over, but CSS will not. CSS is theme-specific and CSS written for one theme will most likely not make sense to use with another theme. You can always access CSS you saved in the past via the CSS Revisions link at the top right of the Customize → CSS panel.

Does Customize let me edit HTML?

No. Customize allows you to edit fonts, colors, and CSS only. You can change the appearance of a theme, but not its HTML markup or PHP code. If you require this functionality, please consider moving your blog to a web host that supports theme code modifications. You can read more about why here, and find a suitable host here.

You can choose to apply your custom fonts or custom stylesheet to any of the themes available on WordPress.com. You can use any WordPress.com theme as a blank canvas if you check the Don’t use the theme’s original CSS option in the Customize → CSS panel.

Does Customize let me upload themes?

No. Uploading custom themes requires the Business Plan on WordPress.com, and is done from My Site ->Themes, not the Customizer. Read more about this here.

Are there any restrictions to the CSS?

Any CSS that poses a security risk is stripped. This includes @import of outside files and @font-face to include font files.

May I remove the Admin Bar, credit links such as ‘Blog at WordPress.com’, theme, font, or toolbar links?

All WordPress.com users are required to maintain the Admin Bar (the dark bar that appears at the top of WordPress.com sites when logged in).

The footer credit can be hidden if WordPress.com Business is active on a site. Please do not use CSS to hide or alter the credits if you do not have the Business plan.

All WordPress.com users can choose among several options for the footer credit, from a minimalist WordPress.com logo to text options like “A WordPress.com Website” or “Powered by WordPress.com.” Please refer to this documentation for further information.

Modifying the style of the footer text (i.e. colors and font size) is fine as long as it’s still readable. Using CSS, you can also add content like a copyright notice to the existing footer. If you would like to do that, you can ask in the CSS Customization forum or in Live Chat and our community volunteers or Staff would be happy to help you do that.

All upgrades on WordPress.com are renewed yearly. Should you choose to cancel your subscription, your custom fonts, colors, and CSS will no longer be applied to your blog. The revisions for your customizations will still be saved, but they won’t be visible on the blog’s front end unless you renew your subscription.